Residential – Page 26
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MarketsVlessing plans US Pocket launch
Pocket, the London-based developer of “intermediate” housing — pint-sized flats for sale to London’s 25-to-40 year-olds — plans to develop in the US for the first time.
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MarketsMontague champions private-rented dream
Report is latest attempt to attract institutional investors to help “generation rent”. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsTesco rolls out latest housing range in London’s Fulham
Retailer to develop 750 homes in capital over next two years. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsQ+A: Tim Campbell’s Estate Office role
He is best known for becoming Alan Sugar’s first Apprentice in 2005 but, since then, Tim Campbell has been busy.
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MarketsPickles’ Cheltenham intervention shows councils’ planning inefficacy
Last month, Communities and Local Government secretary Eric Pickles gave the go-ahead to two schemes near Cheltenham that will contain a total of 1,000 houses.
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MarketsNeed to know: at home on Oxford Street
Oxford Street may be the spritual home of the shopaholic, but an increasing number of people are calling it home.
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MarketsNeed to know: at home on Oxford Street
Oxford Street may be the spritual home of the shopaholic, but an increasing number of people are calling it home.
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MarketsMessy charges on high-end homes will keep buyers away
A consultation on stamp duty land tax (SDLT) announced on 17 July is the latest in a series of attempts by the government to respond to objections to measures outlined in the March Budget.
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MarketsCarey muses on life after Berkeley
Tony Carey does not, he insists, bear a grudge against his old boss, Tony Pidgley, despite a less-than-amicable departure from his job as a director at Berkeley two years ago after a dispute over strategy.
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MarketsEvidence of a slowdown on streets of London
Eurozone crisis and lack of growth take toll on consumer confidence. By Richard Donnell
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MarketsStamp duty exacerbates stagnation
In 2010/11 stamp duty on residential property yielded the government £4bn or 0.75% of total tax receipts, writes Richard Donnell.
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MarketsWeston promise: private and public sectors unite
St Modwen counts on creative sector and public partnerships. Sarah Stewart reports
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MarketsRICS’s Collett gets down with the kids
New president determined to emphasise body’s modern approach. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsBNP Paribas Real Estate reveals risk of future housing shortage
Plummeting numbers of house completions could lead to a housing shortage equivalent to the population of Bournemouth, research by BNP Paribas Real Estate reveals today.
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MarketsCountrywide continues to build lettings agency empire
Acquisitive agency on lookout for more regional takeover targets. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsCountrywide continues to build lettings agency empire
Acquisitive agency on lookout for more regional takeover targets. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsCommunity infrastructure levy is last straw for London development
The government states the changes to the planning system will simplify the situation. From a London residential developer’s point of view, this is not the case. It has led to further complication, confusion and cost.
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MarketsWorkspace turns its hand to third residential conversion
Workspace Group is close to appointing a preferred residential developer to turn its Grand Union Centre site on Ladbroke Grove, west London, into a £30m mixed-use scheme.
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MarketsCrest Nicholson’s starring role at Surrey studios
Film studio site to be redeveloped in £500m mixed-use scheme. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsUK house prices to shoot up despite downturn
BNP Paribas Real Estate figures suggest UK house prices will achieve cumulative growth of 34% between 2007 and 2016, an annual rate of 6% (graphs, below).
